Getting a BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO BSOD on boot

[Falro the Great]

Hey guys, having an issue with my computer bluescreening as soon as windows boots up, and I can't seem to find a solid fix for it.

First, my specs:

CPU: i5-8600K
MB: ASUS TUF z370-PRO Gaming
GPU: MSI GAMING X 1060 6GB
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4-2400
PSU: Corsair CX650M
I've also got a couple of USB 3.0 PCI cards, and a TP-LINK wireless PCI card.

Now, the background:

Last week, I upgraded my old i5-4670K and friends to the new 8600K, motherboard, and RAM. Things were looking pretty good. Nothing eventful happened, but I decided to update to Windows 10 1809 yesterday. Funnily enough, it went off without a hitch. I reinstalled my Nvidia driver (version 397.xx, which I wouldn't have got had I known it had issues), and made sure the other drivers were up-to-date. Everything was going well, Skyrim was running fine - which was really all I was worried about - and all seemed good.

Then, I decided I couldn't leave well enough alone, and installed a new BIOS update. I got it from here:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-Z370-PRO-GAMING/HelpDesk_BIOS/
I found it odd that the version number was 0805 on mine, when the version on the site is 1301. Undaunted, I proceeded to install it. Note that I was doing all this remotely, as I am currently 150 miles away from my desktop for school. When it didn't come back on, I called my brother, who was at home, to take a look at it. He turns it on, and boom, BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO BSOD. I reached into my trusty google IT major bin of knowledge, and had him try a few fixes I found. I followed this guide:
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-bad-system-config-info-error-windows-10/
ignoring the part about downloading their product. The only difference was I didn't have a Windows installation disk, so I just used the Automatic Repair that came up. Oh, and the commands for bootrec appeared to have changed wording, and they found no Windows installations.

No dice.

So now, I'm appealing to the denizens of this forum, to see if there's any info you can give me. I am currently away from my computer, but I'll be back later this afternoon to try stuff.

I also have a Linux image on one of my drives, so I can use that if need be. I also will be trying memtest86.

Thanks, and sorry for the wall of text!

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Wipe out all the Drivers and redo them fresh.
Try NVIDIA 391.xx as well.
Before you do any of that, disable Windows ability to handle Drivers; so they are not auto-fetched through Windows Updates and possible screw up or over-write which ones you manually installed.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

引用自 Bad_Motha：

Wipe out all the Drivers and redo them fresh.
Try NVIDIA 391.xx as well.
Before you do any of that, disable Windows ability to handle Drivers; so they are not auto-fetched through Windows Updates and possible screw up or over-write which ones you manually installed.

If you use the 1803 media creation toolkit to acquire the upgrade's ISO, burn it to a dvd and finalize the disc, the installation setup from the disc will allow you to choose "Not Now" when it offers to look for updates while installing the upgrade. Using the "not now" option and then updating your drivers afterwards is probably the easiest way to avoid the OP's problem.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

引用自 The Spoopy Kitteh：

引用自 Bad_Motha：

Wipe out all the Drivers and redo them fresh.
Try NVIDIA 391.xx as well.
Before you do any of that, disable Windows ability to handle Drivers; so they are not auto-fetched through Windows Updates and possible screw up or over-write which ones you manually installed.

If you use the 1803 media creation toolkit to acquire the upgrade's ISO, burn it to a dvd and finalize the disc, the installation setup from the disc will allow you to choose "Not Now" when it offers to look for updates while installing the upgrade. Using the "not now" option and then updating your drivers afterwards is probably the easiest way to avoid the OP's problem.

You really need to step into this decade; no one does that anymore, why would you.
It works the same with USB Flash Drives and its 10X faster to complete and I can re-use that same drive down the road when Win10 gets outdated.

The time wasted on slow DVDR creations and also the price of even buying a stack of blank DVDR is 100% wasteful and needs to stop. If you plan doing it, fine... but it's no longer realistic. Most PCs, desktops, laptop, tablets no longer will have any Optical Media Drive; and for good reason, no one is buying those media, it's all ONLINE to download/stream, etc.

Why would I invest in anything optical when a 8GB USB is $4 and a 64GB is $19

[pike]

if your 150 miles away how did you install a new cpu and mobo ?

https://www.bing.com/search?q=BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO+BSOD&pc=MOZI&form=MOZCON

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/bug-check-0x74--bad-system-config-info
did you install the chipset drivers ?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yes please download and redo ALL of your Drivers. Not just GPU.
Chipset has your AHCI SATA and USB; so these are just as important.

[Falro the Great]

引用自 pike：

if your 150 miles away how did you install a new cpu and mobo ?

I was home the other weekend when I did it.

I did install the chipset drivers previously, and I'd love to reinstall them now, but I can't even get to the sign-in screen without the BSOD (which is what makes me think it might be a problem with the RAM.)

Thankfully I forgot made a backup system image the other day, so I'm going to go back to that now. This time I'll make sure to get all the drivers in order the proper way.

[Vince ✟]

引用自 Bad_Motha：

引用自 The Spoopy Kitteh：

If you use the 1803 media creation toolkit to acquire the upgrade's ISO, burn it to a dvd and finalize the disc, the installation setup from the disc will allow you to choose "Not Now" when it offers to look for updates while installing the upgrade. Using the "not now" option and then updating your drivers afterwards is probably the easiest way to avoid the OP's problem.

You really need to step into this decade; no one does that anymore, why would you.
It works the same with USB Flash Drives and its 10X faster to complete and I can re-use that same drive down the road when Win10 gets outdated.

The time wasted on slow DVDR creations and also the price of even buying a stack of blank DVDR is 100% wasteful and needs to stop. If you plan doing it, fine... but it's no longer realistic. Most PCs, desktops, laptop, tablets no longer will have any Optical Media Drive; and for good reason, no one is buying those media, it's all ONLINE to download/stream, etc.

Why would I invest in anything optical when a 8GB USB is $4 and a 64GB is $19

Dayum BM, you didn't get your coffee this morning?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Go into Safe Mode w/ Networking (u can force it)
Then load up DDU and wipe all 3 brands out and use the "Clean but do not restart" option after choosing the brand one at a time. Then reboot Windows normally.

[Falro the Great]

Thanks everyone. I was able to restore from backup, and I have clean installed all drivers. Looks like everything is working, but I don't think I'll be updating Windows right now, LOL.

[OLDMAN]

Had that error fix that error If you no your hardware is good just reinstall Windows.

BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO BSoD error

引用自 Falro the Great：

Hey guys, having an issue with my computer bluescreening as soon as windows boots up, and I can't seem to find a solid fix for it.

First, my specs:

CPU: i5-8600K
MB: ASUS TUF z370-PRO Gaming
GPU: MSI GAMING X 1060 6GB
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4-2400
PSU: Corsair CX650M
I've also got a couple of USB 3.0 PCI cards, and a TP-LINK wireless PCI card.

Now, the background:

Last week, I upgraded my old i5-4670K and friends to the new 8600K, motherboard, and RAM. Things were looking pretty good. Nothing eventful happened, but I decided to update to Windows 10 1809 yesterday. Funnily enough, it went off without a hitch. I reinstalled my Nvidia driver (version 397.xx, which I wouldn't have got had I known it had issues), and made sure the other drivers were up-to-date. Everything was going well, Skyrim was running fine - which was really all I was worried about - and all seemed good.

Then, I decided I couldn't leave well enough alone, and installed a new BIOS update. I got it from here:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-Z370-PRO-GAMING/HelpDesk_BIOS/
I found it odd that the version number was 0805 on mine, when the version on the site is 1301. Undaunted, I proceeded to install it. Note that I was doing all this remotely, as I am currently 150 miles away from my desktop for school. When it didn't come back on, I called my brother, who was at home, to take a look at it. He turns it on, and boom, BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO BSOD. I reached into my trusty google IT major bin of knowledge, and had him try a few fixes I found. I followed this guide:
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-bad-system-config-info-error-windows-10/
ignoring the part about downloading their product. The only difference was I didn't have a Windows installation disk, so I just used the Automatic Repair that came up. Oh, and the commands for bootrec appeared to have changed wording, and they found no Windows installations.

No dice.

So now, I'm appealing to the denizens of this forum, to see if there's any info you can give me. I am currently away from my computer, but I'll be back later this afternoon to try stuff.

I also have a Linux image on one of my drives, so I can use that if need be. I also will be trying memtest86.

Thanks, and sorry for the wall of text!

Bad_System_Config_Info - BSOD - Corrupt Registry
You Deleted Registry

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

引用自 OLDMAN：

引用自 Falro the Great：

Hey guys, having an issue with my computer bluescreening as soon as windows boots up, and I can't seem to find a solid fix for it.

First, my specs:

CPU: i5-8600K
MB: ASUS TUF z370-PRO Gaming
GPU: MSI GAMING X 1060 6GB
RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4-2400
PSU: Corsair CX650M
I've also got a couple of USB 3.0 PCI cards, and a TP-LINK wireless PCI card.

Now, the background:

Last week, I upgraded my old i5-4670K and friends to the new 8600K, motherboard, and RAM. Things were looking pretty good. Nothing eventful happened, but I decided to update to Windows 10 1809 yesterday. Funnily enough, it went off without a hitch. I reinstalled my Nvidia driver (version 397.xx, which I wouldn't have got had I known it had issues), and made sure the other drivers were up-to-date. Everything was going well, Skyrim was running fine - which was really all I was worried about - and all seemed good.

Then, I decided I couldn't leave well enough alone, and installed a new BIOS update. I got it from here:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-Z370-PRO-GAMING/HelpDesk_BIOS/
I found it odd that the version number was 0805 on mine, when the version on the site is 1301. Undaunted, I proceeded to install it. Note that I was doing all this remotely, as I am currently 150 miles away from my desktop for school. When it didn't come back on, I called my brother, who was at home, to take a look at it. He turns it on, and boom, BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO BSOD. I reached into my trusty google IT major bin of knowledge, and had him try a few fixes I found. I followed this guide:
https://www.drivereasy.com/knowledge/fix-bad-system-config-info-error-windows-10/
ignoring the part about downloading their product. The only difference was I didn't have a Windows installation disk, so I just used the Automatic Repair that came up. Oh, and the commands for bootrec appeared to have changed wording, and they found no Windows installations.

No dice.

So now, I'm appealing to the denizens of this forum, to see if there's any info you can give me. I am currently away from my computer, but I'll be back later this afternoon to try stuff.

I also have a Linux image on one of my drives, so I can use that if need be. I also will be trying memtest86.

Thanks, and sorry for the wall of text!

Bad_System_Config_Info - BSOD - Corrupt Registry
You Deleted Registry

Or tried to modify it to bypass the watermark for activating Windows 10.

[Falro the Great]

引用自 The Spoopy Kitteh：

引用自 OLDMAN：

Bad_System_Config_Info - BSOD - Corrupt Registry
You Deleted Registry

Or tried to modify it to bypass the watermark for activating Windows 10.

Nope, my Windows is fully activated, and I definitely haven't messed with the registry.

[pike]

be patient , wait till you get home , then deal with it , school is more important , thats your future

[OLDMAN]

引用自 The Spoopy Kitteh：

引用自 OLDMAN：

Bad_System_Config_Info - BSOD - Corrupt Registry
You Deleted Registry

Or tried to modify it to bypass the watermark for activating Windows 10.

Or trying to run Registry cleaners, try system restore points or download the new windows 10 iso update and run clean install.

System Restore is a feature in Microsoft Windows that allows the user to revert their computer's state (including system files, installed applications, Windows Registry, and system settings) to that of a previous point in time, which can be used to recover from system malfunctions or other problems.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

引用自 Falro the Great：

Thanks everyone. I was able to restore from backup, and I have clean installed all drivers. Looks like everything is working, but I don't think I'll be updating Windows right now, LOL.

Why not? It will do it all on its own without permission if Windows Updates is left enabled.
The newest 1803 Win10 is much more stable anyways. Just update...